Study Skills Revision cards Flow chart Spider diagrams Graphical organisers Mind maps Text analysis Making notes Memory joggers Mnemonics Revising with friends Revising with MP3 Exam tips Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

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Top tips for revision success! Ask for help! Attitude Planning Time out! Place Test yourself Revision guides Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Flash cards Flash cards are a great study aid whether you're trying to memorise formulas and equations, improve your spelling, learn a foreign language, or commit anything else to memory. Collect your flash cards and text book Mark the pages with the information you need with your page markers Write short, concise notes (in large and clear writing) Use bright colours Use codes for key words (e.g. ‘Reaction Time’ could become ‘RT’ Use diagrams Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Flash cards Collect your flash cards and text book Mark the pages with the information you need with your page markers Write short, concise notes (in large and clear writing) Use bright colours Use codes for key words (e.g. ‘Reaction Time’ could become ‘RT’ Use diagrams Age when became President Background Key events during presidency Dates of presidency Students to be given the booklets about US Presidents, and to create flashcards (can use lined paper) that answer the success criteria on the slide. Then can test each other Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Mind Maps Mind Mapping is a useful technique that helps you learn more effectively, improves the way that you record information, and supports and enhances creative problem solving. By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject. You can see the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes. More than this, Mind Maps help you remember information, as they hold it in a format that your mind finds easy to recall and quick to review. Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Mind Maps

Mind Maps Words and images Colour Main topics and key words Start from the centre of the page and work out. Make the centre a clear and strong image or word that summarises the theme of the map. Use a combination of key words and appropriate images. Put main subject words on main lines and key words for each topic on branch lines. REMEMBER NOT TO PUT TOO MANY WORDS ON YOUR MINP MAP! Use COLOUR to depict themes and make things stand out. Anything that STANDS OUT on the page will stand out in your mind. Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Mind Maps Learning Intentions: Students to create a mind map of the US Presidents – adding images etc. Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Graphical organisers Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

For sequencing and ordering Flow chart Flow Chart For sequencing and ordering Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Flow chart Flow Chart Stages of a recipe Learning Intentions: Students to be given the recipe sheet, and to create a flow chart for the instructions Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Venn Diagram Compare and contrast: - leadership styles of….. - characteristics of….. - results of…. Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Venn Diagram Compare and contrast: - leadership styles of….. - characteristics of….. - results of…. Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Comparison Ally Compare and contrast: - leadership styles of….. - characteristics of….. - results of…. Compare and contrast: - summer and winter Students to create a Venn Diagram on the differences and similarities between acting and lying Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Comparison Junction The three presidents Learning Intentions: Students to create a Venn Diagram on the differences and similarities between acting and lying Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Double-Bubble Map Double-bubble map Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Compare and contrast the 1980s and the 1990s Double-Bubble Map Students to create a double-bubble map to compare and contrasts any two of their US presidents Compare and contrast the 1980s and the 1990s Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Circle Map Learning Intentions: Students to put a US president into the centre of the diagram, and then information about his presidency in the outer circle, and then information about the USA at the time into the square section Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Putting something into context (the year 2014) Circle Map Putting something into context (the year 2014) Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

To establish causes and consequences Multi-Flow Map To establish causes and consequences Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Multi-Flow Map Last minute revision Learning Intentions: Students to do causes and consequences of last minute revision Last minute revision Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Revision notes Memory joggers Brief Diagrams and text Colour Visual tools Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Post-its Vocabulary, key equations, quotes, formulae Can be stuck around the house Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Mnemonics Putting something memorable in your head. Information to be recalled Short, memorable and fun! E.g. OIL RIG – Oxidation is loss, reduction is gain Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Mnemonics Year Country 2002 Latvia 2003 Turkey 2004 Ukraine 2005 Finland 2006 Greece 2007 Serbia 2008 Russia 2009 Norway 2010 Germany 2011 Azerbaijan 2012 Sweden 2013 Denmark Design a mnemonic to remember the last 4 winners of the Eurovision Song Contest. Students to create mnemonic to remember the last 10 winners of the Eurovision song contest Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

MP3/podcasts/video For those who learn best by listening. Revision can be taken out and about. Podcasts are already available for some subjects. Audio/video recordings can be easily made on smart phones/MP3 players which can be personalised. Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

MP3/podcasts/video Listen to an audio clip and use a graphical organiser of your choice to summarise the information. Students to listen to the clip and use a graphical organiser of their choice to summarise the information Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

Revising with friends Decide which key topics you need to cover Take it in turns Be disciplined! Learning Intentions: To list the benefits of different revision strategies To evaluate how different revision techniques can help revision for different subjects

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